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Ah, the Scandinavian noir-thriller, a BBC4 staple, the type of prestige show Mum and Dad recommend each time you catch up. Hyper-stylish, immensely clever and completely engrossing – safe to say, one of the...

As couples therapy goes, tinkering with international espionage is an unconventional gambit. That is, however, the basic premise here. Flimsy foundation aside, Our Kind of Traitor ranks respectably within the...

The decades-long Cold War is, in many ways, one of the most literary of all international conflicts - which is why, perhaps, it hasn't found as perennial a home on screen as some of its louder cousins. That...